Bills to provide special financing mechanisms for building infrastructure appeared in both legislative chambers this week. HB 158 Assessments/Critical Infrastructure (SB 118) included League-suggested language 和 would extend existing 评估机构 to allow cities 和 counties to fund infrastructure projects for private development. Existing authority allows local governments, 应业主要求, to levy a "special assessment" on property owners who request the installation of infrastructure such as roads 和 water or sewer lines. The proceeds from that assessment are used to pay back revenue bonds that the local government issues to finance the installation of the infrastructure.
The language of the proposed bills is identical to 规定 that passed the House last year 和 would allow developers who enter into an agreement with the county or city to pay for the infrastructure installation themselves. The local government would then use the special assessment to reimburse the developer for its investment. The League suggested language to ensure that the action is voluntary 和 that a local government would only owe the developer the revenue that the assessment produces, 减少任何行政成本. HB 158 received a favorable hearing in the House Finance Committee this week. 联系人: 莎拉·柯林斯
参议院多数党领袖哈里·布朗 -- who was a key proponent last session of 一个计划 to reallocate locally levied sales taxes -- filed legislation this week to change the adjustment factors applied to the half-cent local Article 40 sales tax levy. 今年的提案， SB 126 Change the LOST Adjustment Factor, would eliminate all current adjustment factors for this particular tax, replacing them with a factor based on the county's economic tier designation. Counties with a Tier 1 designation would receive a boost in tax receipts, with their collected amount being multiplied by a factor of 1.1. Counties designated as Tier 2 would receive no adjustments, while counties designated as Tier 3 would see reduced receipts due to being assigned a factor of 0.9. Whether this proposal would increase or reduce a county's current tax receipts depends on the difference between the adjustment factors in law now versus the newly proposed factors. Counties 和 those municipalities in them which rely on tourism would be most adversely affected. To see w在这里 your municipality falls, please refer to 这个图表 prepared by the legislature's non-partisan fiscal staff. 联系人: 克里斯·尼达
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What's Town Hall Day all about for municipal officials? 好吧, when you consider that Zebulon Mayor 和 2017 League President Bob Matheny has served in local office for decades, with extensive Town Hall Day involvement, 他可能是个很好的消息来源. 于是我们做了. 观看这个视频 of President Matheny discussing the importance of Town Hall Day, 365足彩下载的标志性365体育足彩活动 定于今年3月29日举行. Hear how he's seen it grow over the years, 和 why it truly matters for municipalities to attend. "This year, again, we expect it to be the largest year we've ever had," President Matheny said. 这很重要, 他指出, because it makes a statement about how varied 和 vast North Carolina's municipal presence is. That's ahead on Town Hall Day, March 29. 你已经注册了，对吗? 如果没有，还有时间. 点击这里了解详情.
众议院多数党领袖约翰·贝尔说 talks with League policy committee members. 图片来源:Ben Brown
365足彩下载成员各自的 立法 和 Regulatory Action Committees (LAC/RAC) joined with General Assembly lawmakers in Raleigh this week to discuss teamwork between local 和 state government in vital areas like broadb和, hard infrastructure 和 revenue sustainability. LAC/RAC members on Wednesday -- in a series of year round "lobby days" that connect individual municipalities with their legislators -- visited with officials in both chambers including 众议院多数党领袖约翰·贝尔说 of Goldsboro 和 Senate Majority Whip Jerry Tillman of Archdale.
Senate Majority Whip Jerry Tillman greets League committee members.
他们还会见了参议员. Jim Davis of Franklin 和 Tom McInnis of Rockingham, 和刘易斯·金一起, policy advisor to House Speaker Tim Moore. 在一天的过程中, the LAC/RAC team communicated municipalities' need for support with infrastructure as North Carolina grows 和 existing resources decay; broadb和 availability as public 和 private services increasingly shift toward online platforms; 和 revenue flexibility to respond to 和 support the economy. The League would like to thank lawmakers for their time 和 attention 和 looks forward to continuing the dialogue.
The first billboards bill of the session made its debut in the House this week.
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众议院多数党领袖约翰·贝尔说, would reduce a city's ability to influence the location of billboards by prohibiting most zoning authority as it relates to these signs. 在测量之下, a billboard owner may relocate most existing signs anyw在这里 within a jurisdiction that has a zoning classification comparable to the zoning of the original sign location. The proposal also would place first-ever factors into state law for determining the amount of compensation paid to billboard owners for acquiring, 采购, 或者谴责的迹象. 最后, the measure includes other changes related to vegetation removal 和 re-planting of trees near billboards. 通过众议院, the bill must receive favorable reports from three committees, 加上整个议院的大部分. 联系人:
艾琳WyniaA House bill filed this week contains 规定 in the spirit of a League advocacy goal to reduce strain on law enforcement officers. 一段 2017年HB 181第一响应者法案 would allow company police or security on site at hospitals to take custody of persons believed to be mentally ill 和 potentially harmful, until official transportation 和 placement is arranged. That's a change from the current practice, in which law enforcement officers are the ones taking custody, 和 are called to hospitals for that purpose. 2016年10月加入365足彩下载董事会 采纳了一个目标 to support legislation that bolsters the state's mental health 和 intellectual/developmental disabilities treatment resources, including resources 和 solutions to lessen the strain on sworn law enforcement officers when providing custody of individuals in crisis. The League appreciates the attention given to this issue by bill sponsors Reps. 哈利沃伦, 迈克Clampitt, 卡尔福特 和 拉里•波茨.
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Haven’t uploaded your story of economic success on 我们在这里成长 然而,? You might be missing out in more ways than one. Starting with the March/April edition of 南部城市 magazine, the League will be sharing one of those local stories from the website as a regularly-featured story in the magazine. As of this writing, more than 30 cities 和 towns have shared their stories. Which one will be the featured story in 南部城市? We haven’t decided 然而,, but will next week. So, you still might have time to beat the deadline for the upcoming edition.
If you haven't signed up 然而,, it’s easy. 简单的电子邮件 about@在这里wegrownc.org, 和 if you're a League-member municipality, we'll set you up. Has your city or town made or facilitated investments to attract new businesses, encourage retail expansion or create good-paying local jobs? Have you invested in amenities that make your municipality a great place to live, 吸引新居民, 商业或两者兼而有之? 给我们讲讲那个故事. We'll make sure it's featured in our ongoing promotional campaign. Check out one of the latest stories, this one from the Town of Maiden, 在这里.
A 新报告 from the National League of Cities on state preemption of local authority highlights positive work on part of the North Carolina League of Municipalities in the conversation. The League is named in the report's recommendation to address the preemption narrative. "The rise of preemptive legislation suggests that state governments are concerned about increased local autonomy 和 the patchwork of regulations that may exist within the state,报告说. "As a result, a pro-preemption narrative is emerging in an attempt to put cities in their place. State leagues can take an active role in combating this narrative. 例如, the North Carolina League of Municipalities is reshaping the narrative away from 'cities are out of control' to 'cities help the state.' The League takes the approach of avoiding politics in favor of an economic argument. They frame preemption as obstructing cities from being the best drivers of development that they can be." 点击这里 阅读完整的可下载报告.
Bills are being filed 和 updated all the time at this point in the state's legislative calendar, 和 you can rely on the League to follow those that matter to cities 和 towns. 但我们也希望你拥有这些工具. 365足彩下载的账单追踪器 让事情变得简单. Get explainers 和 status updates on proposals like sb131监管改革法案, which among other things would allow public agencies such as municipalities to exclusively fulfill public records responsibilities by making public records or computer databases available online in a downloadable format. Or perhaps you'd like to see what's happening with SB 123发布LEO录音, which would add two additional purposes to the list of circumstances under which a law enforcement agency must disclose or release a recording, such as a body camera or dashboard camera recording, 给地方检察官. The bill tracker is clean, easy 和 categorizes proposals by level of importance or by topic. 来看看.
